House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To establish a toll free number in the Department of Commerce to assist consumers in determining if products are American-made.
Sponsor: Rep. James Traficant D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 1997
- Committee actionSep 24, 1998
- Passed HouseOct 5, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 1998 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 563.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 563, A bill to establish a toll free number in the Department of Commerce to assist consumers in determining if products are American-made” on September 29, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on September 24, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11242
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 563, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/563
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8445637190be6d19ed6452472e50e97b18deff50f2e0a705608141d7601b9778
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-759 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 1, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/759
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 563, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/563
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8445637190be6d19ed6452472e50e97b18deff50f2e0a705608141d7601b9778
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
31 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 22 Democrats
10 of 31 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), James Barcia (D-MI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Robert Borski (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Julia Carson (D-IN), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Gary Condit (D-CA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Jon Fox (R-PA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Wally Herger (R-CA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Lewis (D-GA), William Lipinski (D-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Bob Ney (R-OH), Major Owens (D-NY), Lynn Rivers (D-MI), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Traficant.
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- H.R. 994 (105th) To designate the United States border station located in Pharr, Texas, as the "Kika de la Garza United States Border Station".
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- H.R. 367 (105th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to place the burden of proof on the Secretary of the Treasury in civil cases and on the…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.